State-wise Rice Productivity Analysis |
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| State : Himachal Pradesh |
The cultivation of rice in Himachal Pradesh is concentrated in 10 districts. Out of which one district comes under medium productivity group, that is, yield ranging between 2,000-2,500 kg/ha. Triennium average area of this district was 0.026 lakh hectares, which was 3.2% of triennium average area (0.814 lakh hectares) under rice in the State. Triennium average production was 0.055 lakh tonnes, which was 4.5% of triennium average production (1.21 lakh tonnes) of rice in the State. Triennium average productivity of medium productivity group of one district was 2,115 kg/ha as against 1,486 kg/ha triennium average productivity of the State.
Triennium average area of medium-low productivity group (yield 1,500-2,000 kg/ha) comprising of two districts was 0.091 lakh hectares, which was 11.2% of triennium average area (0.814 lakh hectares) under rice in the State. Triennium average production was 0.153 lakh tonnes, which was 12.6% of average triennium production (1.21 lakh tonnes) of rice in the State. Triennium average productivity of medium-low productivity group comprising of two district was 1,681 kg/ha as against 1,486 kg/ha triennium average productivity of the State.
Triennium average area of low productivity group (yield 1,000-1,500 kg/ha) comprising of 7 districts was 0.697 lakh hectares, which was 85.6% of triennium average of area (0.814 lakh hectares) under rice in the State. Triennium average production was 1.002 lakh tonnes, which was 82.8% of average triennium production (1.21 lakh tonnes) of rice in the State. Triennium average productivity of low productivity group comprising of seven districts was 1,438 kg/ha as against 1,486 kg/ha triennium average productivity of the State.
Productivity of rice in Himachal Pradesh is low and more than 85% rice area is concentrated in low productivity group of the State. The productivity of more than 95% rice area is below the national average productivity of 1,947 kg/ha.
Area, production and productivity of rice under various productivity groups in Himachal Pradesh during triennium ending 2000-2001 are given in Table- 8.
| SL | Productivity Groups | Number of Districts | Area (Million Ha.) | Percent of State's Rice Area | Production in Lakh Tonnes | Percent of State's Rice Production | Productivity (Kg/Ha.) |
| 1. | High Productivity (> 2,500 Kg/Ha) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2. | Medium Productivity (> 2,000-2,500 Kg/Ha) | 1 | 0.026 | 3.2 | 0.055 | 4.6 | 2,115 |
| 3. | Medium-Low Productivity (> 1,500-2,000 Kg/Ha) | 2 | 0.091 | 11.2 | 0.153 | 12.6 | 1,681 |
| 4. | Low Productivity (1,000-1,500 Kg/Ha) | 7 | 0.697 | 85.6 | 1.002 | 82.8 | 1,438 |
| 5. | Very-Low Productivity (< 1,000 Kg/Ha) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TOTAL | 10 | 0.814 | 100.0% | 1.210 | 100.0% | 1,486 |
| Number of Rice Growing Districts : 10 | ||||||||||||||
| High Productivity Districts (> 2,500 Kg/Ha.) | Medium Productivity Districts (2,000-2,500 Kg/Ha.) | Medium-Low Productivity Districts (1,500-2,000 Kg/Ha.) | Low Productivity Districts (1,000-1,500 Kg/ha.) | Very Low Productivity Districts (< 1,000 Kg/Ha.) | ||||||||||
| SL | District | Yield | SL | District | Yield | SL | District | Yield | SL | District | Yield | SL | District | Yield |
| - | 1. | Una | 2,115 | 1. | Solan | 1,861 | 1. | Mandi | 1,496 | - | ||||
| 2. | Sirmour | 1,564 | 2. | Hamirpur | 1,480 | |||||||||
| 3. | Kangra | 1,434 | ||||||||||||
| 4. | Bilaspur | 1,421 | ||||||||||||
| 5. | Chamba | 1,413 | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Kullu | 1,311 | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Shimla | 1,107 | ||||||||||||
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